Dick Allen, Dave Parker and Luis Tiant are among eight men on the ballot for the baseball Hall of Fame’s classic era ...

The Indians purchased Tiant’s contract from the Mexico City ... “Unless you played with him, you can’t understand what Luis ...

BOSTON — Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series championship and pitched himself to the ...

Luis Tiant, the Cuban-born ace with a unique delivery ... 229 wins and 2,416 strikeouts. The Spokane Indians got to see Tiant up close in 1981 when the majors went on strike and the free-agent ...

BOSTON -- Boston Red Sox legend Luis Tiant is one step closer to getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The ...

BOSTON – Luis Tiant, a Boston Red Sox pitching legend whose Major League ... After pitching six years with the Indians, he spent one season with Minnesota, then eight years in Boston, where he helped ...

A right-handed pitcher who wowed fans with an electric windup and baffled hitters en route to 229 career wins has died at age 83.

Luis Tiant’s death at age 83 has prompted reflection ... primarily with the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox, where he became a fan favorite. He won 229 games and led the Red Sox to the ...

Luis Tiant of the Cleveland Indians pitches against the New York Yankees in the fourth inning at Yankee Stadium in 1968. Those performances, along with Bob Gibson's 1.12 ERA in the NL, earned 1968 ...

who pitched for several decades in both the USA and their native Cuba. Luis Tiant Jr. himself was in Cleveland Indians training camp in 1961 when bittered US-Cuba relations prevented his return ...

Luis Tiant, a Cuban emigre whose pitching heroics ... enjoyed his prime years after two other clubs had disposed of him. The Indians, who signed him out of the Mexican league in 1961, traded ...